Example sentences of "it was [noun] you " in BNC.
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| 1 | No , I was thinking it was shock you actually said it actually . |
| 2 | Oh yes Dan used to stand outside calling er get your nice steak or get your nice egg bun and all this , they mostly had barkers , and it was competition you see between the , there was er Smiths the pork butchers , erm Cliffs the pork butchers , that was nearly by McMillans that were I forget and there used to be Olivers shoe shop round there and a Mr used to erm I do n't know whether you 've heard of Percy , no , and erm his father used to manage it and erm behind the Angel Alley you know the Angel Alley , well that was down shop there , and then there were several maid shops and there was the erm grocers , that 's er before you turn o that 's on the same side as Street , it , is it , is it Moors in Street , there 's a hardware shop on the corner now straight in the market place ? |
| 3 | Well it was it was charity you see . |
| 4 | I mean , ‘ Cripes , dear , if it was anonymity you 'd wanted you should have gone into the family tailoring business , ’ I hear you say , with some justification . |
| 5 | ‘ It was Beck you spoke to when you called ? ’ |
| 6 | Her mouth opened and shut ; then looking at Maggie she said , ‘ You silly daft lump , I thought you were joking and it was Simon you had brought back . ’ |
| 7 | It was fashion you and you would have bracelets with them you 'd never seen and big rings like planets . |
| 8 | Oh I thought it was pears you were short of |
| 9 | Yes and it was Ramsey you called him . |
| 10 | ‘ If I 'd told you it was dinner you would have made an excuse . ’ |
| 11 | I thought it was time you got involved in it too , my friend . |
| 12 | ‘ Maybe it was time you got lucky , Bill … |
| 13 | ‘ I felt it was time you had your own . ’ |
| 14 | Just as well you agreed to go quietly when Kenneth suggested it was time you went to bed ; though apparently he and Hamish practically had to carry you upstairs , and the whole way up you were muttering something vile about Lewis being thrown naked into a tub of starving Elephant Leeches . ’ |
| 15 | He says , well it was time you were thinking about it . |
| 16 | It always makes me think because last time we saw an accident like that it was Penny you know what I mean ? |
| 17 | And er people was of often off for day or two , I mean really nice people , they were n't they were n't bad people , they were really nice people but they it was nature you see . |
| 18 | I thought it was kangaroos you were so het up about ? ’ |
| 19 | Now , ’ he continued , giving Hilary a warm smile , ‘ it was paint you wanted , was n't it ? |
| 20 | Well I , I remember once going into er a British restaurant because it was my birthday and there was trifle on the menu and trifle was some sort of weird jelly thing that was thi instead of sponge it was stale bread and I think it was sort of stewed apple and mock cream but the fact that it it was my birthday and it was trifle you know I just sort of sat there like a queen but I think I 'm sure that it tasted quite revolting . |